(Closed) I’m MARRIED4.0! [Pro pics: Reception]

It’s taken me forever to upload these… the final part to my series 🙂 Enjoy! Btw, for any other low budget brides, my entire wedding cost under $2,000 😀

Yummy strawberries for the chocolate fountain!

Grammy’s homemade fudge 🙂

Dessert table.

A little guy gettin’ some goodies.

I love the shots of the kids…

More goodies.

Our entrance.

Walking to our seats :3

Ladies first.

All ready!

Klink!

And smile 🙂

And drink.

Champagne kisses.

My groom dancing with his mom.

My sister and I dancing to Matchbox 20’s “Push” haha. 😛 We moshed.

Finally our first dance. DJ forgot it til last, lol!

The first dance was amazing :3 Our song was “My Valentine” by Martina McBride.

We did a dollar dance and someone dropped a $100 in there!

Doing the bouquet toss.

Look at ’em go!

And the garter toss. His mom’s words “You better do this like a real man, with your teeth!” Haha!

A photo with the catchers.

Look at this child crawling around! He was my dance partner all night, stealing me and cutting in, it was soooo cute.

Baby Autumn.

I stole hubby’s tie.

Heeeey guy!

I’m making a strange-face here… I love how my Bridesmaid or Best Man is grooving on up next to us.

Some food shots.

Our punch was amazzzing.

Our cupcakes and cake.

Cutting the cake.

It’s a group effort cutting through ribbon!

Say ‘ah!’

Nomnom…

So many kisses!!

An ampersand between our chairs.

The Mr. Mrs. signs and unity candle I made.

Cotton eye Joe!! *by now my hair is a mess and makeups worse, eek!*

We cha-cha slid into the night.

So ends my wedding night. Everything wrapped up around 11:30 PM, and by that time I was BEAT.

I’m so happy with how everything turned out. I wish I could have a hundred weddings, but just having this one was wonderful. Everyone was so happy, I have so many great candids of people just enjoying themselves and being silly. It was a great night, dancing with my friends (though the hubbys not a dancer and sat most of the time). It was great to experience everything.

For all you girls like me, who thought you need thousands to make a beautiful wedding, you don’t. You just need loved ones, some patience, and some good old diy.

@piglet_625: Thank you! A family friend makes cakes and we’ve always gone to her for birthdays and such, so we asked her to make the cake/cupcakes. It was her first time making a wedding cake but it was delicious- vanilla with strawberry filling and cream cheese frosting. The three tier cake and 60 cupcakes for 175$? Can’t beat that!

@April_Fools_Bride: Aw thank you so much! That’s so sweet <3. I’m sure if I had the funds available at the time I would have fell victim to overspendititis too 😛 I’m already looking into vow renewal stuff because of my post wedding depression, haha 😀 I think I’m hooked… even though I know there’s nothing I can do for a few years, it’s nice to imagine. 🙂

@cyndistar3: I worked at a catering company and so they let me borrow it free of charge, even gave me a 1lb block of chocolate 🙂 The strawberries were delicious and a huge hit too.

@SnowPeony: Congratulations! You look fantastic! I love your dress and your hair. The cake flanked by two sets of cupcakes looks so charming and tasty! Your friend did a great job on her first wedding cake! Your photos made me smile and it looks like you all had a wonderful and relaxed time. By the way, what food is that pictured just above the dinner rolls? It looks powdered? I can’t remember the name of that or what that is, but it looks familiar! Thanks. 🙂

@Cornflakegirl: Thank you so much! I’m glad you like them, it makes me smile that they made you smile! I really had a genuine joy that day, something that doesn’t happen all the time 🙂 And it’s called puppy chow, and its my addiction 😀 It’s made with corn chex, melted chocolate chips, peanut butter, a little melted butter, and powdered sugar. It’s sooooo good.